Apple on Monday lifted the curtain on a rebranded version of its desktop software for Macbooks, called MacOS, with new productivity and multi-tasking features that put it on par with other desktop software vendors -- including Microsoft.

At Qlik's Qonnections customer and partner conference last week, channel chief Toni Adams spoke with CRN about the company's evolving partner program, Qlik's evolution to a business intelligence platform vendor, and the solution provider opportunities in business analytics software.